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Cockshut
Meaning
Noun
●
A
kind of
net
for
catching
woodcock.
●
In Hunting & Times of day:
Twilight, when
poultry
would be
shut
in for
the night.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cockshut
English
cock
English
cock
Middle English (1100-1500)
cok
Middle English (1100-1500)
coc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
cōcus
Latin
coque
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
shut
English
shutten
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Crepusculum
Mirkning
Nightfall
Dusk
Cockshoot
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